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  Western culture - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Furthermore, Western Culture has been influenced by two general strains within Hellenic culture: the Ionian (which is exemplified by Athens and her democracy), and the Dorian (which is represented by Sparta and her dual monarchy/classical republic).
Western Culture began to expand once more (for example, the practice of mathematics was greatly improved upon when Leonardo of Pisa introduced the Arabic or decimal system with his book, Liber Abaci), although it took several centuries to rediscover much of the lost culture of the ancient world.
After roughly the year 500, Western Culture spread outwards in various stages from its Mediterranean hearthlands, on a broad semicircular front from the Atlantic in the west to the Ural Mountains in the east.
open-encyclopedia.com /Western_culture   (1565 words)

  
 Westerns Films
Westerns are often set on the American frontier during the last part of the 19th century (1865-1900) following the Civil War, in a geographically western (trans-Mississippi) setting with romantic, sweeping frontier landscapes or rugged rural terrain.
The western film genre often portrays the conquest of the wilderness and the subordination of nature, in the name of civilization, or the confiscation of the territorial rights of the original inhabitants of the frontier.
Western films have also been called the horse opera, the oater (quickly-made, short western films which became as commonplace as oats for horses), or the cowboy picture.
www.filmsite.org /westernfilms.html   (1550 words)

  
 South-Western: open-source software
Open source is no panacea, and it is has some very obvious shortcomings.
The Open Source Initiative was organized in early 1998 in response to Netscape's announcement that it would release the source code for Navigator.
The term "open source" was adopted as an alternative to the earlier "free software" label in an attempt to make greater inroads into the business community.
www.swlearning.com /economics/policy_debates/open_source.html   (3789 words)

  
 Western Swing
The birth of Western Swing can be traced more or less to an oil lamp and a sack of flour.
Western Swing recordings are not easy to find, but the Internet's leading music shop always has them.
Western Swing site will reward the visitor with lots of worthwhile listings and resources, regarding festivals, news, and available CDs.
www.geocities.com /~jimlowe/western/westdex.html   (2978 words)

  
 Western Open News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Western Open News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Shaun Micheel, who was on the verge of setting a new course record, bogeyed the last three holes of the opening round, dropping the former PGA champion into a four-way tie for the lead and humbly allowing Mystic Rock to retain some shred of dignity.
Ben Curtis, Jim Furyk and Todd Fischer are tied atop the leader board after one round of the PGA Western Open in Lemont, Illinois.
www.topix.net /golf/pga-western-open   (1495 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Golf Online - Western Open breakdown
There's a lot of history surrounding the Western Open, and much of it is being made by the defending champion.
The oldest tournament on the PGA Tour, the Western Open dates back to 1899 when Willie Smith won a playoff with Laurie Auchterlonie at Glen View Golf Club in Chicago after both finished 36 holes tied at 12-over 156.
For its first 60-plus years, the Western Open was played at courses all across the country, from a variety of Midwest locales to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix.
espn.go.com /golfonline/tours/s/breakdown/western.html   (1051 words)

  
 Norman To Play In Cialis Western Open
Norman finished second in the Western Open in each of the first three years the championship was played at Cog Hill, 1991-1993.
Prior to 1991, Norman played in six Western Opens at Butler National Golf Club in Oak Brook, finishing second in a three-hole playoff with Tom Watson in 1984 and tying for second in the rain-shortened, 57-hole championship in 1987.
Norman noted that the Western Open is the third oldest golf championship in the world behind only the British Open and U.S. Open.
www.shark.com /sharkwatch/news/052804.php   (644 words)

  
 Western Open -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It was founded in 1899 and that year the prize fund was $150, out of which the winner received $50.
Like the U.S. Open, in its early days it was usually won by visiting professionals from the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) United Kingdom.
The Western Open has been held at various golf courses in the suburbs of (Largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan) Chicago.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/we/western_open.htm   (788 words)

  
 Western Open a tradition unlike many others   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Western was moving from course to course across the country, and some of the layouts it was played on weren't too good.
The first Western was boycotted by several top players because they thought the prize money, a $150 purse with $50 and a gold medal designated for the champion, wasn't enough.
No Western was held in 1900, and the tournament resumed with a $500 purse in 1901 at Midlothian, a stately south suburban club.
www.golf.com /gdc/news/article.asp?id=14947   (1305 words)

  
 GOLFONLINE - 2004 U.S. Women's Open & Western Open
But all three would smile broadly when they heard the tale of how Mallon had the tournament all but wrapped up as she walked up the 18th fairway in the midst of not only her friends and family but the thousands of people that were lining the final hole.
Lastly, it is 13 years between her first Open win at Colonial in 1991 and this one, the longest span in the Women's Open.
So Ames did it a bit differently this week, he started dreaming about winning the Cialis Western Open the week before the tournament and then shared the dream with his two sons, who were out on tour with their dad.
www.golfonline.com /golfonline/features/johnson/columnist/0,17742,661047,00.html   (2215 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Golf Plus - Hoch wins duel with Love for Western Open title - Monday July 09, 2001 10:14 AM
Hoch's 267 is the lowest in the 99-year history of the Western Open.
The previous overall low was 20-under 268, set by Sam Snead in 1949 at Keller in St. Paul, Minn. Chi Chi Rodriguez also shot a 268 in 1964 on the par-71 Tam O'Shanter in Niles.
The total purse for the Western Open was a record $3.6 million.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /golf/news/2001/07/08/western_open_ap   (1217 words)

  
 Images - The Western
The iconography of the Western is the largest and richest of all the film genres, and Hollywood has burned it into the minds of moviegoers from Dodge City to Timbuktu.
An historic overview of the early days of the genre from the late 1890s until the close of the silent era in the late 1920s with an emphasis on how the Western myth was developed and refined from its earliest articulation in dime novels and Wild West Shows.
Critics either blasted or ignored these films, and because most of them were financed by Italian companies, they called them "spaghetti westerns." Fans of the genre embraced the term which is now lovingly used to label any Western made and financed by Continental filmmakers.
www.imagesjournal.com /issue06/infocus.htm   (484 words)

  
 Chicago Golf Course - Cog Hill Golf & Country Club of Lemont, Illinois
Furyk, who won the U.S. Open and Buick Open in 2003, was only one stroke off the Dubsdread record with his 64.
First conducted by the Western Golf Association in 1899, the Western Open is the oldest tournament on the regular PGA Tour and the second oldest in the nation.
Since the first championship in 1899, the WGA has held the Western Open annually except in 1900 and during the war years of 1918 and 1943-45.
www.coghillgolf.com /Western_Open   (225 words)

  
 Western Open
We obtain cheap Western Open Tickets on the secondary market and we are not connected with venue, team, or organization whose tickets we provide.
At the 1999 Western Open Golf, after Justin Leonard made a long putt for the United States but before Europe's Jose Maria Olazabal could try to match it, what amounted to a riot of American wives sul¬lied the moment and getting the best deals on the Western Open Golf Tickets.
In a pairing with Tiger, he picked him-self Long after the tournament of the Western Open Golf, Woods was asked if the selling of Western Open Golf Tickets was good, considering Colin's lack of proper deference, Tiger was especially glad to have had a piece of Monty.
www.rhinotickets.com /golf/westernopen-tickets.htm   (1123 words)

  
 Western Sahara on richardknight.com
A UN settlement plan, based on a referendum in which the people of Western Sahara would exercise their right to self-determination by choosing between independence and integration in Morocco, is deadlocked.
Western Sahara Research Watch Press Release: Shareholders focus of campaign to end Kerr-McGee’s involvement in Occupied Western Sahara, February 28, 2005
I wrote Discussion Paper on Polisario and the Western Sahara Struggle that was presented to the Executive Board of the American Committee on
richardknight.homestead.com /files/westernsahara.htm   (1412 words)

  
 Western State Running.htm
Western State men's and women's teams both finished second at regionals.
Western State's Kelly Christensen earned his second RMAC "Athlete of the Week" following his first place finish at CU Boulder's Rocky Mountain Shoot out.
The Western State men and women's cross country teams to open their 2004 season Saturday at the Colorado State University Open.
www.westernstaterunning.com   (302 words)

  
 Venerable Western Open to be played for the 100th time this week
As an amateur at the 1995 Western Open, Tiger Woods fired a final-round 69 for his first sub-70 round in a professional tournament.
The first 70 Western Opens were played at 54 different venues in 16 different states.
The 2003 event marks the 104th anniversary of the first Western Open, which was played in 1899.
www.pga.com /news/tours/pga-tour/westernpreview070103.cfm   (745 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Fifteen qualify for British at Western Open   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Chamblee was among 15 players who qualified for the British Open with their finishes in the Western Open.
But in an effort to give more Americans the opportunity to qualify, the Western Open was designated as a British Open qualifier this year for the first time.
Using earnings from The Players Championship and the five most recent tournaments — the St. Jude Classic, the U.S. Open, the Buick Classic, the Greater Hartford Open and the Western — the top seven finishers at the Western Open who didn't already have exemptions and were in the top 25 on the money list qualified.
www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/pga/2001-07-08-british-qualifying.htm   (394 words)

  
 Western Bowl: Home - CINCINNATI,OH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Western bowl has leagues for Men, Women, Couples, Sr.
Western Bowl can also handle group parties, holiday parties, birthday parties and fundraisers.
is Western Bowl's glow bowling in a night club atmosphere.
www.westernbowl.com   (97 words)

  
 Woods heads strong field for Western Open -DAWN - Sport; July 3, 2003
Previously bracketed as a major championship alongside the US Open, British Open and US PGA Championship, the tournament is the second oldest on the American PGA Tour and this week is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
The Western Open was first held at Glen View Golf Club in Chicago in 1899 and only the US Open, which began in 1895, is more established in the United States.
Woods, who first played in the Western as an amateur in 1994 and won the tournament in 1997 and 1999, heads a strong field of 156.
www.dawn.com /2003/07/03/spt6.htm   (526 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Woods sitting out Western Open; Muirfield next   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Woods has won the first two legs of the Grand Slam — the Masters and the U.S. Open — and had planned the Western Open as his final tuneup before trying to make the British Open his third major victory of the year.
Woods notified the PGA of his decision on Tuesday, Western Open spokesman Gary Holloway said.
Woods has played the Western Open seven of the past eight years and won in 1997 and 1999.
www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/pga/woods/2002-07-02-western-open.htm   (252 words)

  
 Western Computer - Navision Solution Provider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This specialization has allowed Western Computer to benefit from this opportunity to help organizations develop and build integrated ERP and CRM solutions around Microsoft technology.
It is Western Computer's commitment to provide products and services to our customers at the highest level of quality.
This is achieved through strong customer engagement and the delivery of a complete enterprise solution that will provide a business with the tools needed for successful growth.
www.westerncomputer.com   (220 words)

  
 Ames tops Lowery by two in the Western Open for his first PGA Tour win
Stephen Ames, who was born in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad & Tobago and is now a citizen of Canada, picked America's biggest holiday to win his first PGA Tour title at the Western Open.
Ames then walked to the edge of the green, crouched down and opened his arms, and his sons ran into his embrace.
One last spot in the Open field will be awarded next week at the John Deere Classic to the top finisher not otherwise exempt.
www.pga.com /news/tours/pga-tour/western070404.cfm   (1492 words)

  
 Women's Crew - Western Washington University Vikings
The Western open eight placed second and the novice eight first in women's races Saturday at the Falcon Fremont Four Miler on Lake Union.
The Vikings' open eight finished as the top collegiate finisher with a time of 26:51.02 in the 10-boat race.
Western advances to grand finals in both eights and fours at NCAA II National Championships
wwuvikings.collegesports.com /sports/w-crew/wwu-w-crew-body.html   (185 words)

  
 OpenSource WA — Open Source Western Australia
Thanks to the team at Unified for their great contribution and for their continued support of the Open Source movement in Australia.
Open Source is a type of software development and distribution method where the user has full access to the application's source code for viewing, modifying or redistribution.
There are now thousands of Open Source Software applications available, ranging from desktop software such as word processing, spreadsheets, project management and drawing through to back office and server applications.
www.opensource.wa.gov.au   (172 words)

  
 Western Open   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Thank you for your interest in the Western Open Fiddle Championships.
Participants and spectators alike come from all over the Western United States and Canada, and even occasionally from as far away as the East Coast, all to share in the camaraderie accompanied by the strains of oldtime fiddle music.
Parking will be open as early as Sunday, October 21, for you early birds.
www.westernopenfiddle.com   (187 words)

  
 GolfChicago.com - Tuesday Western Open Notebook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Michael Troy of Westmont was scheduled to tee off in the first group of the Monday Western Open General Qualifier.
If you are looking for Western Open merchandise, the people at Cog Hill have opened a new location for your needs.
The Western Open will be televised this year by ESPN, from 3-5 p.m., on Thursday and Friday, and by ABC Sports from 3-5 p.m.
www.golfchicago.com /chicago/story.asp?id=1046   (366 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Western Sahara   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal.
Western Sahara depends on pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining as the principal sources of income for the population.
Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, whose sovereignty remains unresolved - UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, administered by the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties thus far have rejected all brokered proposals
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/wi.html   (516 words)

  
 News from Western Carolina University - Office of Public Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Western to present Riders in the Sky December 1
Western to unveil new facilities as part of Homecoming '05 activities
Western campus pauses to remember four students who died in past year
www.wcu.edu /releases.html   (2546 words)

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